Polish-bottle and a combined stopper and dauber therefor.



No.892,284. PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

c. A. MOLTANE. POLISH BOTTLE AND A COMBINED STOPPER AND DAUBER THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1908.

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CHARLES A. MOLTANE, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.

POLISI-LBOTTLE AND A COMBINED STOPPER AND DAUBER THEREFOR.

Application filed February 14, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. MoLTANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at El Paso, in the county of El Paso and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Polish-Bottles and Combined Stoppers and Daubers Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bottles for liquid shoe polish and a combined stopper and dauber therefor, one object of the invention being to provide a combined stopper and dauber of simple construction by which the mouth of the bottle may be securely closed and the dauber readily removed for manipulation, and in which the dauber is provided with a handle adapted to lie in close contiguity to the bottle, so that bottles filled with polish may be readily and compactly packed for storage or shipment.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a novel construction of dauber in connection with a novel form of bottle, by which the blackening may be readily applied to the dauber and the use of the entire contents of the bottle insured without liability of soiling the hands of the operator.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the polish bottle or receptacle, showing the same closed by the improved dauber. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the dauber shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a modified form of dauber. 4 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 of another modified form of dauber.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a polish bottle or receptacle formed of glass or some other suitable material, said bottle or receptacle being designed to rest horizontally upon its base or bottom wall and being provided in its top adjacent one end with a vertical opening or mouth 2, whose rim edge is horizontal and lies in a plane parallel with the top wall the front end wall of the bottle below said mouth being curved upwardly and forwardly, as shown. This curved wall 3 permits the bottle to be tilted to dip the dauber into the polish when the latter is in a low level, thus permitting the entire con- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Serial No. 415,949.

tents of the bottle to be used, as hereinafter described.

The dauber comprises a body 4 of wood, cork or some other suitable material, said body being preferably of cylindrical form or suitably shaped at its lower end to snugly fit within and close the mouth 2. A dauber proper 5, composed of cotton waste, sponge or other suitable absorbent material projects from the base of the body 1, and in the form shown in Fig. 1 is secured to the body by a suitable fastening device, such as a staple 6. WVhen the body 1 is in position to close the mouth 2 of the bottle, the dauber 5 depends into the body of the bottle and overhangs the curved wall 3, thus permitting the bottle to be tilted in a forward direction, by which the body of polish may be brought into contact with the dauber, thus allowing the latter to be saturated before the withdrawal of the stopper. By this means the entire contents of the bottle may be used, without the necessity of pouring out a small quantity left remaining, as in upright bottles of ordinary construction, under which operation the hands of the operator are liable to become soiled. A handle 7 formed of a single piece of wire is provided for manipulating the dauber. The wire is doubled and bent in the form of an elongated loop 8 serving as a grip portion, then its portions are intertwisted to form a shank 8, and finally the free ends of the wire are bent to form a holding loop 8 to encircle and fit within an annular groove S in the body or stopper 4, the ends of the wire being suitably connected at the rear end of the grip portion. It will thus be understood that the dauber may be conveniently applied and removed and manipulated in polishing shoes, and by reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the handle 7 extends parallel with and close to the upper surface of the bottle, thus permitting the closed receptacle to be packed in convenient form for storage or transportation. It will be apparent that this result is due primarily to the fact that the stopper fits vertically within the mouth and that the rim edge of the latter lies in a horizontal plane arallel with the outer surface of the top wa l, thus allowing the handle extending at right angles from the stopper to lie in close proximity to said wall and parallel therewith. The arrangement of the rim is also such that the adjacent portion of the handle may contact therewith when the stopper is fully inserted,- whereby the stopper is prevented from being inserted too far and the dauber 5 maintained in proper relation at all times to the curved wall 3.- I

In the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4,

the ends 9 of the wire forming the handle are bent at right angles and passed vertically down through the stopper and then bent laterally beneath the same, as at 10, to fasten the dauber 5, thus securing both the handle and the dauber to the stopper 4.

In the construction shown in Fig. 5, the ends of the wire pass straight through the dauber body and are then bent laterally, as at 11, in opposite directions to retain the same firmly in engagement.

The advantages of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and it will also be apparent that the bottle may be stood upright on the flat end opposite the curved end 3 without liability of leakage of the contents.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a polish receptacle and combined dauber and stopper therefor, the combination of a receptacle having its greatest length in a horizontal plane and rovided with horizontal top and bottom wal s and a curved front wall, on which latter the receptacle is adapted to tilt, said receptacle being provided in its top wall above said curved front wall with a'vertical mouth having its rim edge disposed in a horizontal plane parallel with said wall, a stopper for closing said mouth, a dauber uponthe base of the stopper adapted when the latter is applied to overhang the curved wall, and a handle connected with the stopper and extending at right angles therefrom so as to lie close to and parallel with the top wall.

2. A combined dauber and stopper comprising a body, absorbent material at the lower end thereof, and a handle formed of wire having its free ends passed through the body and bent in opposite directions to lie against one of the faces of the body.

3. A combined dauber and stopper comprising a body, absorbent material at the lower end of thebody, and a handle composed bf a single piece of wire, said wire havin its end portions passed downwardly through the body and bent in opposite direc tions against the underside thereof, said bent portions securing the absorbent material to the bottom portion of the body.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. MOLTANE.

Witnesses:

L. A. MoLTANE, VoLNEY M. BROWN. 

